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Historical Event on 9/26/1911
Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1992 | Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam. |
| 9/15/1927 | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 10/14/1992 | 10 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah. |
| 4/30/1909 | R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born. |
| 12/25/1932 | King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech. |
| 2/26/1966 | 34 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 3/13/1997 | H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express. |
| 2/18/1998 | C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna. |
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